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161banker's dozen — noun a) Eleven b) By analogy, a method of lending where the interest is deducted beforehand, archetypally borrowing twelve dollars (owing twelve dollars back, a dozen) but actually receiving only eleven …
162baker's dozen — n [singular] thirteen of something …
163baker's dozen — noun singular OLD FASHIONED 13 of something …
164baker's dozen — Meaning Thirteen. Origin In the Middle Ages in England there were severe penalties for anyone who gave short weight. Bakers were often uneducated and unable to count. To guard against miscounting twelve as eleven they habitually gave thirteen… …
165baker's\ dozen — noun informal thirteen. How many of the jelly doughnuts, Sir? the salesclerk asked. Oh, make it a baker s dozen …
166by\ the\ dozen — • by the dozen • by the hundred • by the thousand adv. phr. Very many at one time; in great numbers. Tommy ate cookies by the down. Often used in the plural, meaning even larger numbers. The ants arrived at the picnic by the hundreds. The enemy… …
167daily\ dozen — noun informal Gymnastic exercises; especially, several different exercises done daily. The boys did their daily dozen early each morning …
168dime\ a\ dozen — adj. phr. informal Easy to get and so of little value; being an everyday thing because there are many of them; common. Mr. Jones gives A s to only one or two students, but in Mr. Smith s class, A s are a dime a dozen …
169half-dozen — n. six; half of a dozen; group of six adj. consisting of six …
170baker's dozen — A Baker s dozen is 13 rather than 12. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
171dime a dozen — (USA) If something is a dime a dozen, it is extremely common, possibly too common. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
172six of one and half a dozen of the other — This expression means that there is no real difference between two choices; both are equally good or equally bad. I didn t know who to vote for. It was six of one and half a dozen of the other! …
173a dime a dozen — very cheap, low priced, dirt cheap He can remember when eggs were cheap a dime a dozen …
174dime a dozen — See a dime a dozen …
175six of one, half a dozen of the other — nearly equal, about the same, like twins Panasonic and Quasar are very similar it s six of one, half a dozen of the other …
176dime a dozen — common, easy to get and of little value Used books are a dime a dozen so don t worry if you can t sell them …
177six of one and half-a-dozen of the other — two things the same, no difference It was six of one or half a dozen of the other as to whether or not we should take the train or the airplane. They both arrived at the same time and cost the same …
178baker's dozen — a group of thirteen. [from the former bakers custom of adding an extra loaf to a dozen sold to a retailer, this constituting the latter s profit.] → baker …
179half a dozen — noun another term for half dozen …
180half-dozen — (also half a dozen) noun a group of six …
